Touch Bar Animations for MacBook Pro
Revive the Touchbar turns the Touch Bar on compatible MacBook Pro models into a full-width animated display, with a growing library organized into shelves.
Shelves
- Ambient — rainbow waves, breathing, scanner sweeps, and other lighting-style effects.
- Retro — Matrix-style rain, scanlines, and other throwback looks.
- Gaming — effects built around games and gaming culture.
- Productivity — a clock, a focus timer, CPU and memory readouts, and other live info.
- Memes — playful, internet-culture animations.
- Custom — your own text scrolling like an LED sign, or a GIF, image, or short clip you drop in.
New animations, called drops, are published roughly every week and download into the app automatically — no update needed.
Customization
- Corner shape, from square to a full pill
- Saved presets you can switch between from the menu bar
- Your own text, GIFs, images, or short video clips
Free vs. Pro
The free plan keeps six animations — Spectrum Cycle, Matrix, Clock, Rain, Bouncing Logo, and Do Not Touch. Pro Yearly or Lifetime unlocks every animation in the library, every future drop, your own text and GIFs, and all tuning, with no ads.
How it compares
| App | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Revive the Touchbar | An animation library and visual effects for the Touch Bar |
| BetterTouchTool | Touch Bar customization, automation, and shortcuts |
| Other Touch Bar apps | Productivity, media, and utility widgets |
This isn't a ranking — these apps solve different problems, and some people run more than one.